Logan:

First thing that got me up was the smell of chocolate chip waffles. My eyes shot open and I saw Lillian and Christina making breakfast. I threw off the covers and somehow, Christina heard me. I guess its because she's part animal.

"Morning Logan. Glad you're up. I was just about to come and wake you up." I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and got off the couch. I noticed Liam wasn't at the table so I figured he was still crashed. But the smell of the waffles was making my mouth water. I took a look outside. It was a nice day. The sun was bright and there was hardly a cloud in the sky. In the meantime, Christina had loaded a plate of stacked waffles and set them on the table with three other plates and silverware. I poured my syrup and dug in. Mmmm. Just perfect. The waffle itself was nice and fluffy, and not hard and crispy. The chips melted in my mouth and the warmth spread through my body. I drank some milk and when I had finished my second waffle and had gone through another glass of milk, Liam was just waking up. I sat back in my chair, starring out the window again.

"What's the time Christina?" I said, still not taking my eyes off the window.

"Nine thirty," she replied.

"And I'm still pretty tired," Liam added sleepily.

"What time are we leaving?" Christina and Lillian glanced at one another.

"As soon as possible," answered Lillian instead.

"Why are we in such a hurry to get out of this place?" I asked.

"Because our scent for monsters," Christina and Lillian said together.

"Right. I keep forgetting about all this stuff," I said.

"No worries," Lillian replied.

Liam and Christina glanced at one another worriedly and became suddenly quiet. He gave her a questioning look and she nodded.

"I heard it," she murmured. He nodded in agreement as she stood and dumped her plate in the sink. Liam finished and the rest of us followed her lead. I got dressed in the bedroom while Christina and Lillian got our stuff packed. Once we had finished, we checked out and began walking.

As we walked, Christina kept nervously glancing back and she had her hand on her dagger. Liam was walking next to her and they talked quietly. Both looked slightly nervous. Lillian studied through narrow eyes and I had a feeling that she was sensing danger. After a while we began to follow a road that lead out of town. Finally I couldn't stand it anymore and got the nerve to ask Christina why she kept looking back. She didn't answer me so I decided to let it drop considering she had her hand on her dagger and any minute if I crossed the line, she would pull her dagger on me and gut me like a fish. After what seemed like hours, we settled down underneath some trees.

"I'll go see if there is any signs nearby or small off-the-road fast food places or whatever. Let you two have some quality time together to discuss things," Lillian said smirking.

"Oh no you don't!" answered Christina hastily. "I have had enough quality time with him by being in the same cabin. Why don't I do some scouting while you have some quality time with him instead."

"Fine then," Lillian said. "But you can't take Liam for safety."

Christina left with Liam and after a few minutes of silence I asked Lillian something that I would never have the nerve to ask Christina. Also I kind of figured that Lillian would be able to explain since she knew Christina better than anyone.

"I have some questions to ask you," I told Lillian.

"Yeah."

"Why has Christina convinced herself that she wasn't meant to be born? What happened when you guys ran away? Why doesn't she remember any thing of her past? And my last question, what exactly is said when she fights with her parents?" I looked at Lillian and she closed her eyes. She made a three finger claw, crossed it over her heart and then pushed out. It was ancient looking. Like an old gesture to ward off something.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Wards of evil," she replied opening her eyes.

"Oh. So anyways. The questions?" Lillian was silent for a few seconds before she decided to answer.

"Christina convinced herself that she was never meant to be born because…wait, hasn't she already told you this?" Lillian said frowning.

"She told me why she thinks she wasn't meant to be born but I'm wondering why has she convinced herself of that?"

"She convinced herself that she wasn't meant to be born because of Athena kind of breaking her rule to be an internal maiden like Artemis who doesn't have kids. Then of course Amphitrite and all the other gods. She's also convinced herself that she was never meant to be born is because she thinks her parents don't care and that she is too powerful. And if she is too powerful, that can cause a battle that leads lots of people to death if an enemy attacks I'm guessing. Its one of those subjects that you have to ask her about," she explained.

"Oh. What about, 'what happened when you guys when away?" Lillian's face darkened.

"A subject that would have to be discussed with Christina here actually," she said. I was silent.

"Now about why she doesn't remember anything from her past, the closest answer we can figure out is that, one: she hasn't forgotten. Two: her memory hasn't been wiped clean. We know this because she feels that when she closes to something about her past, she feels that something is missing there like a missing piece from a puzzle."

"Is it possible to wipe somebody's memory clean? I mean, I know the River Lethe in the Underworld can wipe your memory permanently clean and you can't get the memories back but not with Christina right?" I asked. Lillian shook her head.

"Ok. So we know that she hasn't forgotten or that her memory wasn't wiped clean. What else?" I asked.

"Well this one is gonna sound crazy but we think that's what happened. Third, we think that the gods or one of the gods took her memories of the past before me," Lillian continued.

"What? That's possible!" I exclaimed with surprise.

"Yeah. If the gods or a god in particular take your memory, they're the only ones who can give it back," answered Lillian.

"So who do you think took them," I reckoned. Lillian looked at me and lowered her voice.

"I think…I think, th-that her parents t-took them for a reason," she stuttered.

"What?" I said nearly yelling.

"Shhhh! Not so loud Logan!" she hissed. "But yes, I think her parents took them for a reason and I told Christina my reasoning and she's said that she had been thinking that for a while."

I let out a whistle. Then I replied, "And the last question?"

"I will not talk about that one," she answered firmly.

"And why is that Lillian? Because you've never been there when it happens? Because you don't know and you're just saying? Or is it because-,"

"No! Why would I make something up? I've been there when it happens! I do know and not just saying! I personally think you don't know the difference between someone being serious and someone being funny," she interrupted. I wasn't sure what I was going to say next but I was saved when Christina and Liam appeared.

"Any luck?" Lillian asked.

"No," Christina said.

"Well then, let's just keep moving," I said.

As the day wore on, and the sun got higher, we would stop from time to time to rest before we would venture on again. At one point, when we were resting, I thought I had seen something in the trees. But when I tried to get a clearer look, it had disappeared. As we walked, we would talk about different things. By one, we were hot and tired. So far, we hadn't reached any towns or cities and by now, I was thinking at this rate, we were never going to get anywhere. Finally, I asked if we could stop for a minute or two. Christina looked at Liam and Lillian and saw how tired they were.

"Yeah, I guess," was her only answer. We sat down on some rocks by a river and rested, drinking some water. Then we decided we'd better refill the bottles since we were by the river.

"How do you know if its clean or not?" Lillian asked cautiously as me and Christina waded into the river.

"Because I can tell if it's clean or not," Christina replied. "Besides, I can always filter it with my powers."

"Same here," I said. "It looks clean, feels clean…" I drank some river water. "And tastes clean."

"Fine," Lillian answered. We filled the bottles and sat back down. We didn't have to worry about drying off because being the son and daughter of Poseidon, you basically rule over the water. We sat in awkward silence, not knowing what to say to one another. Liam was a bit pale for no reason. Finally, Lillian was the first to speak.

"Christina, should we tell Logan what's been happening?"

"About the…," Christina trailed off and Lillian nodded her head grimly.

"What has been happening?" I asked.

"Yeah, that."

"Are you sure we should Lillian," Christina said.

"What has been happening?" I asked again.

"I'm sure because if we don't and something happens-," Lillian said.

"Ok if you're going to tell me what has been happening, then get on with it!" I snapped.

Christina and Lillian glared at me and I tried my best to not cringed away. When Lillian glares at you, its like she is slapping you across the face hard. When Christina does it, its like she hitting you with a hundred volts. But when they both do it, you seem like you're a cornered, useless animal that is about to be slapped before being fried by Christina's hundred-volts-stare.

"Whatever," growled Lillian. "Me and Christina have been having dreams and you know the more dangerous a situation is, the more vivid the dreams are."

"Yeah."

"Well, just recently, I had a dream about Alethia and someone else. Its kind of like the Iris-message but this time I could see slightly clearer and hear some of the conversation. Alethia seemed to be running from someone or something, yelling at the other person. However, a big hand appeared out of no where and grabbed her. Then the dream shifted and she was talking to the other person. All I caught was, "So why did you take me?"

The other person said, "Because it's for the bait. They'll take it and we will overrun them. So you're very useful. Cooperate, and their lives will be spared. If you don't, then well, lets say it won't be pretty." And that's it. My dream faded," answered Lillian. I turned to my sister and said, "What about yours?"

"I think hers is a little more…interesting and weird," Lillian cut in.

"I guess you could say that Lillian," Christina said. "Anyways, in my dream, I was in the Underworld. And don't ask me how I knew. I guess it was the stench of death, it was hot and I saw the River Styx, and the Judgment Hall. Up ahead of me was Hades' palace. I went in and I heard Hades talking to the same voice that we heard in the Iris-message also. The voice said, "Join us and you'll be strong. If you hate the fact that the other gods turn on you, then help us and you'll be stronger and will be able to overthrow them." That's all I know," Christina said.

"So you're saying Alethia is the bait?" Liam asked. Christina and Lillian glanced at one another. Christina sighed.

"Yeah." She stood up and replied quickly, "We should get moving." It was obvious that she wanted to change the subject. Lillian nodded and they both started walking. I grabbed my stuff and headed after them. Finally, we saw a train station and Christina decided it would be best if we took a train as far as we could. We managed to get one all the way to one of the cities near the border of West Virginia. We got on and took off. When we got off the train we kept walking hopefully west.

By late afternoon, we were drenched like crazy, tired and hot. Finally, up ahead, Christina said she had spotted a three story abandoned house that we could probably use because it didn't look to beat up. When we reached the house, Lillian scouted around to make sure it was okay. When we went in, we were struck by how the house looked a little nicer than other abandoned houses. There were not a lot of cobwebs, just a few here and there, some parts in the wooden floor were broken, and some windows had some holes. Other than that, it was nice. The only disturbing thing was that there were frozen statues all over the room and they all had scared faces. I stopped and looked at one. It was a woman and she looked like she was screaming. Christina and Lillian came up behind me as Liam roamed around, muttering something about being killed and death traps.

"Doesn't this place seem a little…I don't know. Weird and disturbing?" Christina asked.

"Yeah. Should we stay?" I said

"Maybe. But seriously, the statues are starting to give me the creeps and not just that it's colder in here than normal houses," Lillian said.

"Well jeez, it's an abandoned house. What do you expect?" I answered sarcastically.

"Logan, why would it be cold in here when the air conditioner is not running, it's hot out and no one lives here?" Christina said matter-of-factly. She had gotten me.

"That's what I thought," she said.

"Whatever," I said angrily.

"Well if you're done fighting, lets split you up and explore the house," sighed Christina.

Lillian replied, "I'll keep looking around down here."

"I'll take the second level with Liam and Logan you can have the last level. Call if you need any help," Christina ordered.

"Why would we call for help? You said this place is abandoned," I asked. Liam shook his head as if saying, 'Don't question her like that unless you want to be skewered.' Christina glared at me and answered, "I have a bad feeling that the statues did not freeze because of some freak snow storm but because of something worse."

"Fine." I headed upstairs with Christina and Liam who stopped on the second level and wished me luck. As I descended to the third floor, I noticed that it was cold. I explored for a little bit and that's when I heard a scream downstairs. Then I heard yelling and pounding. Below me, Christina yell, "LOGAN!" I rushed out of the room and down the staircase. Right as I hit the last stair, Christina ran into me as Liam jumped five stairs and hit the ground on the first floor, running.

"It's Lillian. Something crept up on her and she's now trying to defend herself. I think it's a monster. We have to help her. Whatever the thing is, it's too big to fight inside so we have to try to force it outside," heaved Christina.

"Ok. What do we do?" I said.

"The thing won't go outside. It's going to be hard work to lure it outside. So what were going to do is kind of dangerous," she began. She told me her whole plan as quick as she could.

"Got it?" she questioned.

"Yeah, let's go." We charged down the stairs and Christina drew her bow. When we got down there Lillian was on one side of the room and the enemy was on the other. Whatever the thing was, it was huge. It kept trying to smash Lillian with its club and she kept having to dodge and roll out its way. At the same time, she was trying to attack it also. But I guess when something huge that's swinging a huge club, trying to defend yourself and attack it, is hard. Christina went straight to work on shooting the thing over and over. After about five shots to the leg and two shots to the shoulder, it began to pay more attention to her. Now Lillian could go to work with me as Liam randomly attacked, just to confuse it. As the monster smashed his fist, Christina dove sideways and shot another arrow into the shoulder.

"Ahhhhh!" Christina yelled. The monster swatted the arrow away like it was a bee and then he saw Lillian charging him. He smashed his other fist and that's when I kicked in. I swiped his fist and he turned on me, bringing his fist down. I guess this monster was having fun trying to play, Whack-A-Demigod because it kept chuckling for some random, stupid reason. Right before his fist had hit the ground, I leaped up on to it and started running up his arm. Lillian got in close and started swiping at him wherever there was chance. I scrambled up the rest of his arm just as used his club and swung at Christina. She launched herself into a backflip since she had enough room, and landed in kneeling position before shooting him in the arm. Finally I reached the shoulder and began slashing him. Liam took out his bow and arrow and shot in sync with Christina.

"Lillian!" Christina shouted. "Get behind him!"

Lillian ran forward and the monster saw her. As he brought his club down but she hit the ground baseball style and slid between his legs. Christina yelled something else at her as she went to work. When the club came again at Christina, she jumped up onto the arm, ran up it like a gazelle, and manage to flip over its head before sliding down the arm I was on. Now that she was near the entrance, she began to once more pelt the monster with her arrows. Lillian kept slashing from behind making the monster go forward but it was already because he was getting tired of Christina constantly shooting him. As he lumbered forward, I slashed and swiped at him as much as I could. Realizing that I was on his shoulder, he swept me off and luckily, I went sliding down half his arm before falling off. The monster raised his fist and I thought, I'm going to be grease spot, when I saw a blur of silver. Christina ran to my side as fast as lightning, dragged me out of the way, and stabbed to monster in the arm with her silver daggers.

"RAAAAR!" the monster yelled. Then he did something weird. He opened his mouth and Christina realized a split-second moment before I did to move.

"Scatter!" Christina screamed.

"Where?" I screamed back. I had barely finished my question because Christina had this figured out already. She shoved me to left as she dove to the right. I looked up and saw the monster breathe white stuff in front of him which covered the wooden floor like a powdered donut. Not to mention, the room dropped a few temperatures.

"Get outside!" yelled Christina. I scrambled to my feet and ran outside. Christina pelted it and after launching another arrow, turned heel and ran after me. The monster was so outraged, that it burst through the wall and outside. That's when I got a good look at the monster. He was eight feet tall, had blue skin and white hair. Now I'm not talking just white hair. I'm talking ice white hair. I racked my brains trying to remember what kind of monster this is. A monster with blue skin, white hair and breathes…what? Ice? I couldn't remember.

"What exactly is that? It looks familiar," I asked Christina.

"It's a Hyperborean Giant," Christina answered as she rolled out of the way as the giant brought his fist down. She continued to duck, roll, and shoot while I tried to stab it. Liam followed up, slicing and dodging his stoping feet.

"Lillian get in front! Logan take Lillian's place!" Christina yelled. We did as we were told and when I got around to the back, Christina told me to distract it. I told her I excel at that and she told me to shut up and do it. Fortunately, I got the Hyperborean Giant to turn on me. Unfortunately, I had small room and probably was going to die. Behind the monster, I saw Christina and Lillian running at one another. When they had reached one another, Christina jumped forward, and put her hands on Lillian's shoulders pushing off hard and flipped once. Christina landed and stabbed the monster in the forearm and then she jumped onto the back, ran up it and using her daggers, slashed its head off. Where she had stabbed it in its forearm, cracks of ice had began to appear. When she had sliced off the head, bigger cracks of ice appeared. They all joined together and then for a moment or two, we had a headless, giant, frozen statue. Then it crumbled to the ground into ice shards.

"Good work Christina," I commented.

"You too. Thanks for distracting it a couple of times. You did great at running up its arm and slicing it shoulder as much as you could," she answered.

"You did better. You ran up its arm, leaped its head, slid down the arm I was on and shot it!" I said.

"I guess," she grinned.

"Thanks guys for coming to the rescue," Lillian cut in. Liam gave a small nod, wiping his brow.

"No problem, sister," Christina said.

By now, it was evening and as far as we could see, we would not be staying by this house. We grabbed our bags from inside and continued to walk. When we thought we were far enough away from the abandoned house, we settled down and made camp underneath a tree. Luckily, there were flint stones to make a fire. After Christina and Lillian had made the fire, we sat there for a while, and Christina and Lillian told me funny things that happened at camp ever since they had been going. When the fire had begun to die out, we got ready to sleep.

"I'll take first watch," Christina told us.

"Shouldn't you sleep so you aren't tired and lead us in the wrong direction?" I asked her.

"No. I'm fine. You guys need your rest," she replied.

"I guess." Christina leaped onto one of the low branches, directly above us and settled herself into a comfortable position. Lillian and I had dragged our duffel bags near the trunk of the tree and were now trying to make them feel like a regular pillow. Lillian went to sleep automatically, but I laid wide awake thinking about the Hyperborean Giant and how I had fought.

"Hey Christina?" I said.

"Yeah Logan?"

"Where'd you learn to fight like that?"

"Camp Half-Blood, duh. Where else?" she answered.

"Oh course I know were you learned to fight. What I'm trying to say is, where'd you learn to fight like so well? I mean, Lynch is second best fighter but he can only do half of what you can do. Maybe not even half," I replied.

"What exactly do you mean?"

"I…like you can do flips, awesome archery, and you have like…I don't know…Fancy fighting skills."

Christina laughed. "Fancy fighting skills?"

"Yeah, you do amazing flips, do awesome archery like I said, get awesome ideas in the middle of a battle, all kinds of stuff."

"First of all. I'm sure Lynch could do all the stuff I do. Second, it's not that all great. A lot of campers can do flips and awesome archery. What's so amazing about flips? I can see what you mean about awesome archery compared to some people who can't shoot an arrow in one direction, ahem, Logan."

"Ah, shut up. But I don't know. I know that nothing is so amazing about flips but it seems like when you do them, they're amazing in some unique way," I said slowly. She was silent and I thought she had gotten mad. But she finally spoke.

"I kind of know what you mean, but not really. I'm mean, look at Liam and Lillian. They're pretty good also. Don't worry about it. It's no big deal. Now get some sleep before I come down there and knock you out so I can have some peace and quiet and so that you can sleep," she laughed. I laughed with her.

"I guess." I turned so my back was facing Lillian and I was facing the road (no, we are not sleeping next to the road either if that's what you're thinking. We made camp in a small area with some trees and that is not very far or very close to the road). My mind began to go blank, as I fell asleep.

A/N: Ok, I know a lot of chapters have ended with them going to sleep but I didn't really have anything better. :) Subscribe and review!